Display this poster somewhere public.

Sell World AIDS Day red ribbons and other merchandise.

Include information about World AIDS Day and how to donate in your internal AND external work communications.

Order the World AIDS Day fundraiser cookies from the AIDS Action Council website.

Donate a percentage of your pay or business profi ts earned in November to the AIDS Action Council for World AIDS Day.

6. Appoint a World AIDS Daychampion in the workplace.

Donate your weekly coffeemoney to AIDS Action Counciland do a caffeine cleanse.

Pay it forward: purchase aticket to the World AIDS Daycommunity picnic for someoneyou care about.

Buy a Viva Glam Lipstick fromMAC Cosmetics! All profi ts fromthe sale of Viva Glam go to theMAC AIDS FUND.

Become a member or volunteer of the AIDS Action Council.

Freebie Feel Good Date Night: plan a freebie date night with your partner, or with your friends. Donate the money you would normally spend on a night out or a meal to the AIDS Action Council. Don’t forget to share fun photos from your date night on social media!

Help us make friends: Share information about the AIDS Action Council, membership and volunteering.

Bake and sell red velvet cupcakes for $2 each and donate the profi ts to AIDS Action Council.

Are you part of a business? Donate 10% of the profi ts made on 1 December, World AIDS Day.

Organise a sporting match and pay to play.

Treat your November Employee of the Month (or someone who’s done a great job!) with two tickets to the World AIDS Day Community Picnic on 1 December.

Are you a team leader or manager? Buy your team members a red ribbon each.

Make birthdays sweeter: Ask for a gold coin donation at any birthday morning teas in the offi ce during November.

Build your knowledge of HIV/AIDS by contacting the Council and requesting resources for your workplace.

Hand out information about HIV/AIDS and the AIDS Action Council at a staff meeting in November.

Share an AIDS Action Council social media post about World AIDS Day through your individual or business profi les to encourage your followers to read up and donate.

Contact the Education Team at AIDS Action Council to come and talk to your organisation about HIV/AIDS in 2018.

Add the World AIDS Day fundraising signature block to your emails in November.

Share the ways you’re supporting World AIDS Day via your social media profi le.

Host an afterhours fi lm night in the offi ce for a gold coin donation to the AIDS Action Council.

Silver Linings - encourage everyone at work to give up all their silver change for World AIDS Day.

Review your workplace donation program: become a philanthropic donor with the AIDS Action Council.

Implement a workplace volunteering program and volunteer once (or more!) at a Council event.

Challenge yourself to learn 5 new facts about HIV/AIDS and share your facts with 5 co-workers by World AIDS Day - you’ll be amazed how much you can learn!

Change your Facebook cover page to a World AIDS Day image, available via our website and social media.

WORLD AIDS DAY 1 DECEMBER contact@aidsaction.org.au | aidsaction.org.au/WAD | 6257 2855 | @aidsactionact

THE AIDS ACTION COUNCIL WANTS TO HELP YOU RAISE WORLD AIDS DAY. Contact us for additional support during this campaign, to help you and your team stay on track.

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WORLD AIDS DAY 1 DECEMBER contact@aidsaction.org.au | aidsaction.org.au/WAD 6257 2855 | @aidsactionact

W O R L DAIDS DAY

AIDS Action CouncilSince its establishment in 1983, the AIDS Action Council has been delivering important outcomes for the health and wellbeing of our communities. Services have evolved in response to community needs and medical advances. HIV work has stayed at the heart of what we do, however this work now sits within a broader focus on health promotion, prevention, treatment, community acceptance and the celebration of diversity across our communities.

Our mission is to work with individuals, communities and partner organisations to: virtually eliminate new HIV transmissions by 2020; provide support for individuals and families living with and impacted by HIV; and build a strong and safe community that is free of discrimination, marginalisation and stigma.

68% of new transmissions occur amongst men who have sex with men (MSM)

3% injecting drug use (IDU)

5% either MSM sex or IDU

20% heterosexual sex

4% other/undetermined

World AIDS DayWorld AIDS Day is marked annually on 1 December. This day raises awareness across the world and in our communities about the issues surrounding HIV and AIDS. It is a day for people to show their support for people living with HIV and to commemorate people who have lost their lives to HIV/AIDS.

Fast facts on HIV/AIDSHIV (Human Immunodefi ciency Virus) is a virus that attacks the human immune system. The immune system stops disease and infections in the body. Someone with the virus can live with HIV for many years without becoming ill or showing symptoms. However HIV will remain in the body, damaging the immune system, and the person remains infectious, able to spread the virus to others. Over time, HIV can damage the immune system, leaving people living with HIV vulnerable to diseases and infections that their body would normally be able to fi ght off.

People living with HIV (PLHIV) can take daily treatment to prevent the virus from advancing into AIDS. Without treatment, PLHIV are at risk of developing AIDS defi ning conditions. AIDS refers to the illnesses that can develop as a result of untreated HIV or in a person where current treatments have failed. It is not an interchangeable term with HIV. People living with HIV in Australia may still develop AIDS, but this is now rare.

HOW HIV IS TRANSMITTED IN AUSTRALIA